Cost Saving Measures in Your Family Law Case

One of the most common questions from clients is How Much will this Case
Cost me? This is of significant concern especially to the client who wants
to plan and budget for the family law negotiation and dispute.

The following are following suggestions to clients to help them minimize
their legal fees:

Communication via email

We suggest that you communicate with your lawyer via email instead of calling
whenever you have a question, want to provide information or provide instructions.
Because your information, instructions and questions are already in writing,
your lawyer can respond to you via email and will not need to draft a
memo to the file or send you a confirming email after a telephone discussion.

Set up a conference call

If you DO need to speak with your lawyer on the phone, set up a specific
date and time to speak. It is also helpful if prior to the telephone call
you send an email to your lawyer with the questions or issues you will
want to discuss during the call. This way you know your lawyer is prepared
with information and recommendations.

Produce WHAT is asked of you, WHEN it is asked of you

A party to a family law dispute must produce specific financial disclosure.
Your lawyer will set out exactly what you are required to provide and
a date by when that disclosure should be provided. If you fail to do so,
your lawyer will need to follow up with you which can become costly, and
which may delay the process.

Provide disclosure electronically

Here at the Feldstein Family Law Group we are largely paperless. We encourage
clients to provide their financial disclosure electronically either by
fax, by email as a pdf attachment, or on a memory stick or disk. This
can save a great deal of time and money, as we can them save your electronic
files directly to your file.

Speak with a law clerk

Each lawyer works with a clerk or a student. That clerk or articling student
handles all of the day to day matters on your file. Where the lawyer’s
input is not necessary, clients may direct their emails / calls to the
clerk or student whose hourly rate is significantly lower than their lawyer’s.

For more information on this and other issues or to make an appointment
with one of our lawyers, please
contact us at Feldstein Family Law Group at (905) 581-7222. Thank you.

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